Chosen as one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
provides maternity leave top-up payments to employees who are new mothers (to 100% of salary for 8 weeks) and offers support through extended health benefits coverage during their leave
encourages ongoing employee development with generous tuition subsidies for job-related courses (to $4,000), financial bonuses for the completion of some courses, formal mentoring program and subsidies for professional accreditation
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education
helps employees save for the future with contributions to a defined benefit pension plan or matching RSP plan (to 4% of salary)
Background Information
Industry:Solid Waste Collection.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:WM.
Parent company:Waste Management Inc..
Full-time employees in Canada:2,772.
Full-time at this location:1,830.
Full-time worldwide:42,385.
Part-time employees in Canada:69.
Longest serving employee:50 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:11,795.
Average age of all employees:44.5.
